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Starting an Organic Garden
Starting An Organic Garden When you're looking to grow food for your family and loved ones, you already know that you want it to be healthy and nutritious, and one of the best ways to do this is to make sure that your garden is organic! Organic gardening not only...
Water Conservation For Everyone
Water Conservation For Everyone Whether you live in a dry area of the country like many states in the west, or you're just looking for a way to reduce water usage, you'll find that there are many things that you can do when it comes to conserving water when it...
Organic Gardening Basics
Organic Gardening BasicsThere are basically four essential elements to growing a successful organic garden. One is mulching, two is pest control, third is fertilizers, and fourth is weed control. *MulchingMulching a garden helps to hold water, reduces weeds and adds...
Why You Should Go Organic
Why Everyone Should Go Organic Organic gardening isn’t just about growing your own food.. it’s about the health of our planet and our health as well. There are a variety of reasons TO grow organically, and absolutely none to grow conventionally. Organic foods...
Why Garden Organically?
Why Garden Organically? Gardening organically is both a good practice for the earth and for your health. Did you know for example, that when you eat so called "conventionally grown" food that it WASN'T conventional until the 1950s when someone came up with the...
What You Need To Know About Natural Fertilizers
What You Need To Know About Natural Fertilizers When you want to make sure that your yard and garden look great, you’ll find that one thing that you need to consider is natural fertilizers. Gardens do a great deal better with just a little bit of help, and you’ll...
Raised Bed Gardens
Building Your Own Raised Bed Garden In The SuburbsJust because you're living in an urban area doesn't mean you can't garden. I know because I've done it. My first raised bed started out with the first picture below and then morphed into a raised bed garden witht six...
Start Composting On Your Own
Start Composting On Your Own If you have seen the effects of composting on other gardens, or if you know that a compost heap can severely reduce your ecological footprint and save a great deal of space in the landfills, you already know that you are interested in...
Organic Care For Your Lawn
Organic Care For Your Lawn If you are someone who likes to keep your lawn looking good, you've probably seen plenty of ads for chemical pesticides and additives that will do just that, but at a significant cost to the environment. But fortunately there is always a...
The Benefits of Composting
The Benefits Of CompostingIf you are someone who is looking for a chance to garden more responsibly as well as the opportunity to grow stunning produce, you'll find that composting is something that you need to consider! Composting is essentially the use of decomposed...